Tuesday, January 14, 2014

We Will Not Tolerate Laws That Criminalize S*xuality- Melanie Nathan Tells President Jonathan

Yesterday the United States of America slammed Nigeria for approving
a law that punishes same-s*x marriage/union. A blogger and human rights
advocate, Melanie Nathan has also condemned the act. She gave 10 imperative
actions ‘we’ must undertake as a world community to stop this. Here is what she
said on her blog about the 10 imperative actions yesterday;

Today we heard in breaking news that Nigeria’s President
Goodluck Jonathan has surreptitiously signed the so-called Same S*x Prohibition
Bill into law. Reports are that Jonathan actually signed the Bill, better known
as the “Jail-All-The-Gays” Bill, quietly last week. News of its signing has
only now been leaked.

The LGBT community around the World will not tolerate laws
that criminalize s*xuality and will vehemently protest countries which
institute such laws, which serve as government sanctioned mechanisms for
persecution.

It seems that the Nigerian President was afraid of a huge
international outcry prior to signing the Bill, yet how he could think it would
never make the news defies logic. Now
that the story is out, it is absolutely incumbent upon us here in the United
States and around the world to vehemently protest Nigeria and this horrific law, including a call for
boycotts and sanctions and secondly to stand by our LGBTI family in Nigeria by
providing support for safe-housing and asylum in the West.

ALSO – Re Uganda: It is critical that we make a LOT of Noise
NOW vs Nigeria so Museveni sees that the world will not be happy if he assents
to the BILL.

Here are 10 imperative actions we must undertake as a world
community:

1. Write polite letters to the President of Nigeria
expressing your thoughts and explain what being gay really means – and send a
copy of your letter to protectlgbt@gmail.com for publication in this BLOG. (no more than 600 words).

2. Organize protests at Nigerian Consulates and Embassies.

3. Write to the Nigerian Ambassador/ consuls/ President in
Nigeria/ in your country – here is an example:
http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/index.php?page=contact-us

Dear Consul / Ambassador/ President

The World is shocked at the passage of Nigeria’s inhumane
and horrific ‘Jail The Gays’ law that your President just signed into law.

It is important to note that the laws you have passed
against LGBT Nigerians and visitors are based on lies and myths about
homos*xuality, are unconstitutional and contrary to the International
Declaration of Human Rights.

You cannot criminalize a human being’s s*xuality.

We will be protesting your embassies and calling for
widespread boycotts against Nigerian tourism, exports, imports and all
business.

If Nigeria justifies this bad law proclaiming its
sovereignty, then it will choose isolation.
However Nigeria cannot participate in a global context if it cannot
respect one of the most basic fundamental human rights and that is the right to
love any person of one’s choice, whether that person is of the same or a
different gender.

Anti-Homos*xuality laws condemn love that is naturally felt
to the people you seek to criminalize.
The issues you purport to base your law upon are separate issues and
ought to fall under the laws already in place which protect all people from s*x
without consent.

Melanie Nathan.

LGBT Protection Coalitions, Worldwide.

Note: Nigeria maintains an embassy in the United States at
3519 International Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008, (tel: 202-986-8400). AND

4. Start to Boycott all things Nigerian – to include travel,
tourism, industry, exports and imports. Call companies that conduct safaris in
Nigeria expressing the danger and your anger (politely) at the support of
Nigeria.

5. Call upon your employer to speak out against the Jail the
Gays Bill, especially if you work for a large Hotel, Airline, Bank etc. Chain
that operates in or does business with Nigeria.

6. Write a letter to
President Obama, or copy him on the Letter you sent in Number 1., above. Also
Copy and call your member of Congress/ Senators or your political
representatives and ask if they are aware of this and what they plan to do
about it? Suggest that they take note of the Asylum laws for LGBT people and
that they participate in reform that will be advocated for by PCI Justice
(www.pcijustice.com)

7. Call your local or national LGBT organizations (the ones
that send you requests for donations)
and ask them what they are doing to help protest this Bill? Ask if they
would be willing to join a coalition of International LGBT groups to ensure a
massive outcry and if so to write to protectlgbt@gmail.com

8. STATE DEPARTMENT:
Call the U.S. State Department and ask them if they are willing to make
special humanitarian considerations for Nigeria’s LGBT community? Ask them what
Secretary Kerry is planning to do beyond mere words? Contact the U.S.
Ambassador in Niger, James F. Entwistle, and ask what his Embassy is doing to
help Nigerian gays get out of Nigeria? Tell the State Department and your
member of Congress that we want Nigerian lawmakers banned from entering the
U.S.A. Also I am sure that the State
department will soon update their TRavel Advisory to a severe WARNING for LGBT
people traveling to Nigeria.

Also note: Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield leads
the Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs, the division in the
Department focused on the development and management of U.S. policy concerning
the continent.

FYI – Ambassador Samantha Power Urges Nigeria Civil Society
to Remain Steadfast for Democracy The United States’ Permanent Representative
to the United Nations and member of President Obama’s cabinet, Ambassador
Samantha Power, visited Nigeria on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. She met with
President Goodluck Jonathan and other government officials, as well as civil
society leaders.

9. Call your Mayors office/ City Councils / Human Rights
Commissions and ask for a Proclamation to Condemn the Nigerian law and request
that all City dealings exclude business with Nigeria.

10. Join LGBT Protection Coalition, Worldwide, by sending
your name and email address to protectlgbt@gmail.com – you will be given
updates about protests and actions;

America face your own problems while we face ours.....when u were using extreme forces on prisoners in the G-bay , Nigerians no put mouth. When you went to an illegal war in d name of weapon of mass destruction, still today , americans are still using touch light to find the so called weapons. Nigerians did not put mouth

Stop behaving like u hav a say everytime in how others should live their lives

Too many grammer, what is their palaver, I remember vividly that Nigeria is colonize by British not Americans, our president sure know the best things for his people,we don't need any idiot to tell us what to do and what not to do, americans started it

Oh we would Experience isolation, what the fuck is their bizwax asin seriously, are we not an indpendnt nation? I do not getDo we tell them what to do, or even advice them, they werr not even the ones that colonized us, I reallly do not getAbeg mind una business

This stupid americans will never mind their business. When Boko haram was killing hundreds of people, they didn't care. Now they want to enforce their 'gayism' on us. We r an independent nation if u haven't realized that. To hell with u!

Trust Nigerians and their hypocrisy ,when old men are molesting and marrying children that one is part of your culture you kept quiet... corruption which is destroying your lives that one too is part of your culture... children are still being tortured forced to drink mercury by self styled prophets after being accused of being witches…no one sees anything wrong with thatfathers and pedophiles are sleeping with little babies everyone accepts that

but 2 men or 2 women doing their own thing in the privacy of their house is the main problem disturbing Nigerians?

we know of many big men in Nig politicians,senators even reps who sneak off to south africa and throw parties and orgies with male south african prostitutes and white ones..they even fly them in private jets to europe for shopping they too are busy making noise in public about "Homosesuality not being our culture"

a society is judged by the way it treats the vulnerable in the society

keep your stupid mouth shut if you dont have anything sensible to say..ignorant area boys like you have successfully shut people up with this same low down tactics to the extent that no one is standing up for these people.anyone speaks up in their support the person is labelled Gay its homophobic people like you who are most likely closet homosexuals

Funny thing is that these Americans haven't even accepted this same issue they accuse Nigerian govt of not accepting. How many states in America have legalized gay marriage? Isn't that what brad Pitt and Angelina were protesting against? They should remove the log in their eye and maybe they will see properly

Of course she is cos if not she won't be talking trash like this illicit act of sodomy dat she wants my stedfast against sodomy president is trying to desist the country from practicing. All I pray is for GOD to make our president steadfast on this just bill which he passed and ignore all the white people harrant nonsense

Ladun, your blog is highly respected. Please kindly erase trash write publication by d so called Melanie abi na Melon . She sounds aggressive and very unprofessional. just to see how irrelevant her publications are, no one copied her except u. Pls dissociate urself with such supporter of immorality asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evil people should face their countries and stop putting their mouth in our affairs,well am happy my president is not someone you can stamped into your own opinion or wish..USA,UK,GERMANY,ETC BACK OFF.